Clips of Johnson’s movies were featured in a 90-second video uploaded and subsequently taken down on Tuesday touting the governor’s pension reform, NJ.com reported Wednesday, which noted Christie’s office would not comment on why.

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The outlet, however reported that Christie’s office directed them instead to a tweet by WNYC’s Matt Katz, which said the actor did not want his likeness used the the video.

The Rock asked not to be in @GovChristie's pension movie. So trailer was taken down. Y? Too much pain, his office jokes. But wait 4 sequel.

Christie’s office said they complied with a request from Johnson’s representatives to take the video down. Christie’s team later joked on Twitter that the actor was unavailable for the “Summer flick” and linked to an updated video.